Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers

The axis of rating trauma is frequent and repetitive. Over time, the chronic trauma wears down kids who can’t read. This has devastating effects. In our official 100th episode, Dr. Steven Dyskstra discusses Trauma and Reading. He explains the connection between not being taught to read using evidence-based practices and the subsequent, unnecessary trauma this causes in children’s lives. Stepping away from science-based approaches creates issues for kids that don’t need to be there. This is a pervasive problem happening everywhere. 

Dr. Steven Dykstra is a psychologist, advocate, and troublemaker in the reading world.  He has worked with the most severely traumatized and mentally ill children for more than 25 years. His passion for reading comes from the recognition that the thousands of children he has served often pay the highest price for our failures and mistakes. 

Related Episodes:

• Ep. 74: Dyslexia and Reading Science: A Parent Advocate’s Perspective
• Ep. 67: Learning to Read at 62 Years Old: A Conversation Illuminating Adult Literacy  
• Ep. 99: An Important Discussion about Reading with Our Dyslexic Children’s President, Brett Tingley

Resources: 

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 
• NAEP Report Card: Reading 
• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science by Louisa Moats

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Brett Tingley shares how to harness parent energy and expertise to address the legal and moral responsibility of school districts to teach children how to read using science. Our Dyslexic Children tells the story of a group of parents who took on the system, and won. The nonprofit group shares a Strategic Roadmap that’s a practical and actionable guide for educators and parents looking to improve reading instruction in their communities.  

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Resources 

• Our Dyslexic Children Nonprofit Website 
• Our Dyslexic Children Documentary 
• Our Dyslexic Children Strategic Roadmap 
• Our Dyslexic Children Documentary Zoom Panel with Kareem Weaver and Louisa Moats
• Overcoming Dyslexia - Sally Shaywitz 
• Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science by Louisa Moats
• Life Before Learning to Read at Age 62 with David Chalk 
• University of California Dyslexia Center
• Wilson Language Fundations 

Related Episodes

• Ep. 82: [CLEAN] Minneapolis Public School Parents: Accepting Nothing Less Than Evidence-Based Reading in Schools
• Ep. 74: Dyslexia and Reading Science: A Parent Advocate's Perspective
• Ep. 67: Learning to Read at 62 Years Old: A Conversation Illuminating Adult Literacy
• Ep. 39: Discussing Dyslexia with Advocate & Mom Liz Hembling

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Last Friday, we talked about FLUENCY with a couple great guests, Lindsay Kemeny and Lorraine Griffith. If you haven't listened to our episode with Tim Rasinski from last summer, give it a listen to add to your knowledge about fluency!

From Original Show Notes:
In this episode, reading and fluency expert Tim Rasinski tells us all about effective fluency instruction! How does repeated reading build fluency instruction? Why does text difficulty level impact fluency practice? What do effective accuracy, automaticity, and expression sound like?

Check out research, articles, and helpful materials located on Tim's website and follow Tim on Twitter @TimRasinski1. We also discuss this piece by Nell Duke.

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How can regular fluency practice lead to fluent readers? In today’s episode, educators Lorraine Griffith and Lindsay Kemeny discuss the impact of fluency in their classrooms. Fluency is a bridge: It connects word recognition with comprehension. We dive into whole and small group fluency instruction with simple strategies and more. 

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Resources 

• A Focus on Fluency article
• Matt Burns - Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking 
  • PROTOCOL NASP HERE
  • Matt Burns Video Youtube  
•  Lindsay Kemeny Youtube Students error correction for partner reading 
• Regular Fluency Practice and Performance Opportunities
  • Weekly Poem 
    • Examples
      • Poetry Foundation 
  • Other texts 
    • Speeches
    • Readers Theater
    • Books (first person) such as the Dear America series or Because of Winn Dixie
• Pattan Literacy Symposium (June 14) 

Related Episodes

• Ep. 9 Geodes Rock!
• Ep. 80  A Primary Teacher’s Perspective on Science of Reading, Small Group Instruction, and Use of Sound Walls
• Ep. 62 Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski

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In this episode, we chat with our friends at UnboundEd about Going GLEAM. Lacey Robinson and Andrea Hancock share the GLEAM process - grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful - and ways that educators can feel empowered to lead from their seat. 

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Related Episodes  

• Ep. 51: Shanita Rapatalo: The Science of Reading, An Equity Issue
• Ep. 7: Why Curriculum Matters!
• Ep. 79: What Does Equitable ELA Instruction Require?
• Ep. 54: How can school leaders support teachers in Year 1 HQIM implementation?

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We’ve been asked about spelling and the connection to reading science more times than we can count. Today, we talk with expert J. Richard Gentry,  author of Brain Words and blog contributor to Psychology Today: Raising Readers, Writers, and Spellers (An Expert Guide for Parents).

He tells us all about spelling and how it connects to our speech and language system. Moreover, he supplies teachers with practical, meaningful, science of reading-aligned strategies to teach spelling. 

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Related Episodes

• Ep. 65: Talking with the Literacy Documentary Team: The Truth About Reading
• Ep. 70: Science of Reading Part 1: Decodable Texts, Sound Walls, & the Aim of Early Literacy 
• Ep. 23: Emily Hanford Epically Defines the Science of Reading

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Is your district in the process of choosing a new literacy curriculum? Or have you recently gone through the process? Adopting new curriculum is a huge change and involves shifting mindsets at all levels. 

 In today’s episode, we talk with two district leaders and learners doing exciting work with evidence-based, high quality instructional materials (HQIM). Join us in our conversation with Jean Wyche, Elementary Language Arts Specialist at Fairfax County Schools, and Janise Lane, former Executive Director of Teaching and Learning in Baltimore City and current Regional VP for Partner Success at Amplify ELA. 

By the end of today’s episode, we hope you will learn concrete steps districts need to take when deciding to move to HQIM. We hope you will enjoy hearing how they keep core values close while building coherence, collaboration, and confidence! We’d love to hear your thoughts on this conversation, so send us an email [email protected] or send us a message on Twitter or Instagram @literacypodcast.

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Ed Reports: https://edreports.org/ 
• Selecting for Quality: 6 Key Adoption Steps
• Curriculum Matters: https://curriculummatters.org/ 
• Rivet Education: https://riveteducation.org/ 
• Book: Shifting the Balance 

RELATED EPISODES

• Episode 48: Behind the Scenes at EdReports.org
• Episode 45: RivetED Talks High Quality Professional Learning (HQPL)
• Episode 7: Why Curriculum Matters!

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Today we talk with Faith Borkowsky about her book, “If only I would have known… “ What I wish the Pediatrician, the Preschool Teacher, and the Librarian would have told me about Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia. This accessible book explains the science of reading in simple terms. Check out Ifonlybooks.com for free resources such as a book discussion guide. 

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Tre Hadrick, father, guidance counselor, reading science advocate, and book club leader, joins us on the pod today. You might know him as Mr. Lit on Twitter or Instagram, where he advocates for literacy and justice for all. Tre’s book club, Lit Champs (Dad’s Literacy Book Club), gained attention when he posted a video discussing this book - If only I had known… by Faith Borkowsky. We connected with Tre to discuss the impact of this book on his son and community. We also consider the big impact of this piece by Dr. Stephen Dykstra, titled Trauma and Reading.

Digressions include Tre’s children’s book, Cheesesteaks and Clippers: The Barbership where you can learn about you, me and we! and recommendations for both cheesesteaks and clippers in the Philly area. 

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Hi Literacy Lovers! This week we wanted to offer you all a chance to listen to one of our favorite episodes from when we just started the podcast. The absolutely incredible and inspirational Emily Hanford drops a TON of information in this episode, so it's worth another listen if it's been a while. We hope you get as much from our conversation with her as we did! We will back next Friday with a brand new episode for you all. 

[From Feb 10, 2020]
Today Emily Hanford joins Melissa and Lori to define the Science of Reading, addressing the current misinterpretation of the term and what it really means. She shares thoughts on teacher prep programs and where teachers get knowledge about what or how to teach, contemplates why teacher prep programs are not preparing teachers to teach kids how to read, and how curriculum plays a role in helping teachers who do not know the science of reading.

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